Fastening device



March 30, 1943. p. s. KANE 2,315,335

FASTENING DEVICE Filed April 18, 1942 24 1 I 19 20 I I 8 I) I INVENTOR.

7 flam'a 5. Kane HTTOIFNEYS' Patented Mar. 30, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENTL ossica rnsrn ufic tsvros I David 5.

Kane, Roslyn, N. Y., assignor to '1. Mills Summers, Engiewood, N. 1.

Application April 18, 1942, Serial No. 439,499

7 Claims. (Cl. 24--221)' This invention relates to an improvement in fastening devices of the quick operating type such as are particularly adapted for use in aircraft and in other locations where a quick operating which encircles said stud and is held in position by the cup 9. The latter may be flanged as at H into position in an opening in an outer sheet lfl which may, for example, comprise a portion fastener of positive character is necessary and of an access area cover plate. Across pin it where resistance to shear and tension loading is is carried by the lower end of the stud and the desirable. stud and said cross pin project into' said cam v An object of the invention is the provision of collar which is provided with a transverse opena fastener of this type in which during assembly, ing l6 at its lower end to permit the passage of the male part may be threaded into the female -l0 said stud and cross pin therethrough, the ends part in such fashion as to preclude a false i'astenof the cross pin thereafter riding on the opposed ing of the parts. and in which ready alignment cam surfaces I! on the outer surface of the botof the male and female members automatically tom of said stud so that by rotation of the stud, occurs. the ends of said cross pin are carried up said Another object is that of providing a fastener inclined planes l1 and finally come to rest at the that may be assembled by relatively unskilled detent or depression l8 formed at the top ofeach labor and in which access area closures and other of said inclined planes or cam surfaces. When members carrying such fasteners may be quickly the cross pin is in the detent or impression ll secured in place with the assurance that the fas-' it is' held under the tension of the spring ll tener is ready for turning into the locking or against further accidental movement and the fastened position. male and female members are locked together, With these and other objects in mind, reference holding with 'them the structural members to is had to the attached sheet of drawings, in whichtheyare flanged. whichz' Heretoi'ore, in assembling and threading the P18. 1 is a plan view of a fastening device em- 5 stud assembly into the cam collar of similar types 'bodyingmyinventioninassembled'condition with of fasteners, it has been difllcult to align the the male and female parts assembled and locked cross p15 N w th. t opening thebottom togethem g of the cam collar, and consequently, unskilled or Fig. 2 is a cross section of the fastener shown impatient mechanics have oftentimes attempted in Fig. 1 taken in side elevation along the lines so to force the r ss p t u the a f the 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the cam collar when it was not in alignment with arrows; the opening it. This has resulted in damage to Fig. 3 is a further cross sectional view in side the cam collar andin some instances, has even elevation of the fastener shown in the precedcaused it to be torn from its flanged position 8 ing views in partially assembled condition; in the member I. In order to prevent this from Fig. 4 is a plan view of the female or-socket occurring, I have provided shoulders l9 and II portion of the fastener shown in Fig. 3 taken. I in theinterior of the cam collar. These shoulalong the line 4-4 of that figure looking in the ders are formed with apexes 2| and 22 adjacent direction of the arrows and showing a fragment the top of the cam collar and haveconvex surof the male member entering the same; and 40 faces 23 and 24 extending downwardly from said ,Fi8. 5.is a cross section in side elevation of the space to either side. or the opening it. The female portion of-the fastening device shown in overall length of the cross pin Ii carried by the I Fig. 3 taken along the line 5-5 of that view stud is such that when the stud is introduced looking in the direction of the arrows. into the cam collar, the ends of the cross pin ride In the several views, the socket member of the against the surfaces 23 and 24 of the shoulders fastening device or cam collar is indicated by the i9 and 20 which in turn deflect the crosspin as numeral 6. This member maypefsecured to a it cams along the same so that the cross pin and sheet of material '8 which may be, for example, stud assembly are rotated until their position of astructural member of an airplane, by means alignment with the opening as is achieved. In of flanging the cam collar, into said member as so "this way it is impossible to insert the stud and at 8. Cooperating with said cam collar is the crosspin improperly within the cam collar, as male member or-stud-a'ssemhly of the fastener contact with the shoulders it and 20 automaticomprising, for'exai'nple,"spring'retaining cup a v cally causes proper alignment of the cross pin it a. stud 92 which may be formed with a slotted and the opening it tocccur.

manipulating head as at it, and a spring it as it is, of course, obvious that many changes might occur in the design of this structure without in the least departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim: V

l. A fastening device comprising a stud, a cross-pin associated therewith, a cam collar formed with a bottom opening and adapted to 3. A fastener as provided for in" claim 1 in.

which the shoulder guide portion is provided with inclined convex guiding surfaces.

.4. A fastener as provided for in claim 1 in which the guide portion comprises two shoulders, one on either side of said cam collar bottom opening, each of said shoulders provided with cross pin guiding surfaces adapted to guide said cross pin into alignment with said opening. i

5. A fastener as provided for in claim 1 in which the guide portion comprises two shoulders, one on either side of said cam collar bottom opening, each of said shoulders having cross pin guiding surfaces diverging from apexes near the top of the cam collar to points adjacent either side of the cam collar bottom opening.

6. In a socket member adapted for use in a fastening device, a guiding'surface comprising shoulder portions positioned inside of s id socket and having guiding surfaces diver ng from apexes adjacent the top of the socket to points adjacent the bottom of said socket.

7. In a fastener having a socket portion provided with a bottom opening through which an engaging means ofv a stud assembly must pass, means for aligning said engaging means with said opening comprising shoulders on said socket and disposed to each side of said opening and having guiding surfaces extending from a point adjacent the point of entry of said stud into said socket to points adjacent each side of said opening, said shoulders adapted to receive and guide said engaging means through said opening.

DAVID S. KANE. 

